10...things gon be different this year. 9...I'm gon be better this year, 8...ain't no more struggling, ain't no more hustling, I'm gon make cheddar this year. 7...I'ma make moves this year, 6...I got something to prove this year, 5...time to do something new and start breaking the rules, I won't be a fool this year! 4...things gon be different this year. 3...I'm gon be better this year, 2...ain't no more struggling, ain't no more hustling, I'm gon make cheddar this year. 1...I'ma make moves this year, YEAY!...I got something to prove this year, time to do something new and start breaking the rules, I won't be a fool this year! Don't be surprised if I walk up in this place about 20 pounds lighter and I'm finished with being a fool, I'm a do what I can to be wiser. I'ma center my mind and focus on building something within my community. I'm all about nothing but power moves and you gon' see me do them with impunity. this year I'ma hit the ground running cuz last year I was just warming up. all of my dreams, and all of my goals are in play, aint nobody to hold them up. I got all my ducks in a row and I'm planning to mow them all down with efficiency. I'm learning from all my mistakes and my failures so now i'll do everything differently. lemme slow it down so you can understand me it's a new year time to be a different man, see i looked in the mirror, then I looked for the man in the sky that's most high and asked him what the plan be. Cuz this is my genesis. My dreams have been cast and I'm getting it I was a nomad cuz I wandered in search of a place where my style was a better fit but you can't make a change in the world until you make a change in yourself. to pimp a cocoon I've been trapped in it too long, now I'm breaking out of my shell! 10...things gon be different this year. 9...I'm gon be better this year, 8...ain't no more struggling, ain't no more hustling, I'm gon make cheddar this year. 7...I'ma make moves this year, 6...I got something to prove this year, 5...time to do something new and start breaking the rules, I won't be a fool this year! 4...things gon be different this year. 3...I'm gon be better this year, 2...ain't no more struggling, ain't no more hustling, I'm gon make cheddar this year. 1...I'ma make moves this year, YEAY!...I got something to prove this year, time to do something new and start breaking the rules, I won't be a fool this year! this is the year that I put all my vices aside before they become terminal I swear that I'm leaving my mark like handprints on the wall over the urinal I'm gonna stand up for myself and tell all of the bullies just where they can stick it. i'm gonna stand up and be heard whether it's with a vote or a tweet or a picket. I'm not about talking the talk anymore now I'm walking the walk. the past is the past and the present's the present, so I'm gonna start a new start I got a new heart, a new brain and the courage to travel that yellow brick road and I'm gonna water down any wicked witch planning on making me fold. let me slow it down to make sure you're hearing me. Better job, better life, better year for me. I'ma take that first step, so you can clearly see, that the next revolution starts here with me. I'm done moving backwards, I'm making a bet on myself for the things you gon' see me do. my role is attacker, and you are not ready for all of the heat I'ma bring to you. cuz what really matters is whether I enter the battle, because I already won. and in the end, after it's all said and done, you gon' say that I came out a better one. 10...things gon be different this year. 9...I'm gon be better this year, 8...ain't no more struggling, ain't no more hustling, I'm gon make cheddar this year. 7...I'ma make moves this year, 6...I got something to prove this year, 5...time to do something new and start breaking the rules, I won't be a fool this year! 4...things gon be different this year. 3...I'm gon be better this year, 2...ain't no more struggling, ain't no more hustling, I'm gon make cheddar this year. 1...I'ma make moves this year, YEAY!...I got something to prove this year, time to do something new and start breaking the rules, I won't be a fool this year! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I know you like flowers but I can make your life do sweet. and I know you like chocolate. but would you let me be your treat? I know you like diamonds, because of the way that they shine? so can I be your diamond? and will you be my valentine? v1. ...this song ain't for summer flings, one night stands, puppy love, or lovers on the side. ...this song is for commonlaws, anniverseries, sacred vows and the ride or die. ...I met mine many years ago, what most lovers go through is all stuff we've seen before. yet through all the tiumphs and heartbreak, we clung to each other and persevered for our sake. To my significant other I hope you're listenin' this track is dedicated to you. if I had it to do over, the only thing I'd do different is settle with you sooner, and be deeper with committing in. some don't believe in life companions anymore. they think for better or worse isn't something worth fighting for. But I like someone waiting for me when I'm coming home that I can share my deepest inner thouhhts with, right or wrong. so... I know you like flowers but I can make your life do sweet. and I know you like chocolate. but would you let me be your treat? I know you like diamonds, because of the way that they shine. so can I be your diamond? anything to make you mine... V2 ...this song ain't for the jaded, the users and the selfish who treat love like a game. ...this song is for believers who know that the joy of having love is worth all the pain. ...and to mine i wanna say I appreciate you standing by my side through the tough times, and oftentimes we've made each other furious, but I'm not giving up unless I see you cross certain lines. ...You haven't and I trust that you're not going to. like I said before, I look forward to coming home to you. for back rubs and some words of encouragement. a homecooked meal and some intimate nourishment. ...you hold me accountable when i drop the ball. I hate it when you do it, but it's needed, so i take it all in stride. I tried to always show my best side. You are appreciated. you a source of my pride. and.. I know you like flowers but I can make your life more sweet. and I know you like chocolate. but would you let me be your treat? I know you like diamonds, because of the way that they shine. so can I be your diamond? anything to make you mine... SINGER: when you ask me if I love you, and I say i do, you ask how much, and I say every night I pray for you. that's why I'm out here on the grind to provide for you. that's why I've earned the right to make a life inside of you. because I'm here to share your burdens and stand by your side. love is a highway full of bumps but you and I gon' ride. I'm not the richest, but I'm sharing all I have with you. be my companion for life, that's all you have to do... I know you like roses but I can make your life do sweet. and I know you like chocolate. but would you let me be your treat? I know you like diamonds, because of the way that they shine? so can I be your diamond? anything to make you mine...

for one day a year, we can all be irish a perfect time to forget what divides us no one really cares how the holiday started as long as they have an excuse to go party where everybody wanna get drunk and wear green socialize at parades and maybe watch a soccer team. and its a perfecto opportunity to recognize the impact that the irish have had on our lives cuz a lot of irish folk made a lot of US History, in politics, religion, even military victories who said you can't claim the greatness of your foreparents? not me, I'm still eating on my corned beef and cabbage. you can take pride in your culture and still respect others we don't need a shared family tree to love like brothers so celebrate your culture in whatever way fits you, and if it looks fun, we might celebrate with you. Do you want to celebrate? yeah let's celebrate! what? celebrate who you are. Did you know an irish man inspired labor day? think about it on your day off or when you take your pay. and they invented salt and vinegar chips. one of my favorite snacks, and stout is what you finish it with. the white house was designed by an irish guy with 17 presidents that reside inside. a lot of irish made a name in the wild, wild west on both sides of the law. history can attest holidays should be a time for folks to come together and celebrate the differences that make our lives better. (its an) an opportunity for me to learn about your legacy, your heritage, your people in a way that's not a threat to me. so for a day let me appropriate your culture and you and I can rise a pint of guinness with each other let's sacrifice the hate and have some good hearted fellowship take the stuff that separates us all and say "to hell with it". Do you want to celebrate? yeah let's celebrate! what? celebrate who you are.

Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. The joke's that it's not a joke, everything's true, the world's unfair, but you already knew, so Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. I'm coming home from dinner with my dad and my family Pull up in the driveway, can't believe what i had to see. garage door is open, when i left I know I had it locked took a risk and looked inside, and I could tell that I'd been robbed. though the lock was broken, I was hopen it wasn't so bad. Nope, they took equipment I was storing, worth at least a grand Not feeling safe, cause crooks return to the scene of a crime, So I head to my moms and call up the cops, in record time. Just a few weeks ago, BLM was screaming unity. and fix up our communities, and none of that was new to me. but tell me what's fixed when your own kind's stealing your property? and all the neighborhood watch does is watch them do the robbery. and the same ones robbing you get mad when you're filing reports. calling you a snitch when they're caught and get sent off to court. You violate me, then expect me to enable you? Who preys on who? Guess the pranks on you. Happy April Fools. Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. The joke's that it's not a joke, everything's true, the world's unfair, but you already knew, so Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. come home to find / police next door, with neighbors saying they got held up. Then the cops pull guns on me! I'm getting cuffed down and felt up. No probable cause, no warrant, and no weapon on me. I wasn't even out my car and they was stepping to me! Half hour cuffed in front of my house, never asked if I lived there. they let me go when the neighbors said It wasn't me, I can't believe it went there. Oh, NOW they wanna ask me questions like friendly neighborhood officers. NOW they ask about my break in, (but only after I brought it up). I'm the one that got robbed, yet they treat ME like the criminal? They'd ignore a white guy with a general description, though. neither black nor blue thought MY life mattered. nobody's got my back & my faith's been shattered. these activists and cops try to garner all our sympathy, but when it hit the fan, neither one of them did SH** for me. that's when you realize they've all been playing you. yeah, the prank's on you. Happy April fools. Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. The joke's that it's not a joke, everything's true, the world's unfair, but you already knew, so Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. And You can miss me with that All Lives Matter crap When a white woman got shot by a black cop yawl wasn’t having that Now you want to protest and put signs up everywhere But when the victim didn’t look like you, you didn’t care You weren’t screaming all lives matter when those refugees Were running for their lives, at your door screaming help me please little bodies washing with the tide didn’t move you. I guess the lives of children didn’t matter much to you. But let that happen to kids from your spot and watch the outrage. Folk should have compassion whether or not it’s the front page. But people don’t really care until it hits close to home, Dismiss it as someone else’s problem, it’s still wrong. You ignored the terrorists when they hit Nigeria, But when then they hit Paris and London? Now there’s mass hysteria You didn’t believe the sword was sharp but now the blade’s on you. Guess the prank’s on you. Happy April Fools Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you. The joke's that it's not a joke, everything's true, the world's unfair, but you already knew, so Happy April Fool's Day, the joke's on you, the joke's on you, the joke's on you.

for one day a year, everybody can be Mexican tearing down walls and showing Mexicans respect, cuz when you eat on a taco you're recognizing latin heritage So you do yourself a disservice when you disparage it. As for me, I love my brown skinned guys for their laid-back style and the way they get by. My Cuban Mexi Ricans don't let nothing faze them, they handle their business regardless of who's hating. If your last name's sanchez, martinez or corona, stand proud, and don't let all them other folk disown ya you're as american as they are, maybe you are more. cuz what's more American than working hard for your family? Ain't' that the stereotype? that guys from south of the border work hard to make it through life? let's embrace that, and take that time for a siesta. drink up and have fun, like it's a fiesta. Celebrate who you are, let's celebrate who you are. let's celebrate! Take pride in the Aztec blood in your veins Mayan calendar counting the days until your next reign. we love your food (burrito!) we love your drink (tequila!) we love your style (the people!) and so I think that anybody that's hesitant to embrace another culture is missing out on some wonderful things they can discover like frilly Mexican dresses in white with bright colors low riders with chrome engines and tires of white rubber even dressing like a skeleton on Dia de la muerte you can learn a lot about life by living their way. see, mainstream society can be a thief the way they steal your tradition but never tell you they appreciate. so for a day let me appropriate your culture and recognize the greatness in my brown-skinned brothers anything that brings us together in love can't be evil. Derribar el muro, and that's for my people tear down the wall?

JUGGMEGA, the meglamaniacal fort corner of the rap bermuda triangle with sight beyond like lion-o. I'll always find new ways to tell you that I got bars, you can say the sky's the limit for you, I got mars. I fight dope beats with dope lyrics. man, I got scars, and I plan to leave the mic untouchable like i got SARS. I know you're used to hearing me calm and rapping with precision, But If I want to change my style I don't really need your permission, because of my vision and the persistance to keep moving to the distance, my style glistens, and i make all rappers second fiddle like Pippen. Nowadays rappas be claiming they the best, and getting butthurt when another rapper make the same claim. They in their feelings like lame dames and catfight over the crown like its a tiara and they're waiting for the winner to be announced by Steve Harva. I guess he read the cue carda wrong, because the name he meant to say starts with a J and ends in U-double G. can't no dude trouble me. What! You think i'm really gonna ever say someone can beat me? what I look like letting some other rapper think he can defeat me? these dudes better be lucky I'm retired from the battle scene. I got the flows that are essential for your health like Beta carotene. and I can use words that have multiple syllables like all your favorite double time rappas I can spit words like a semi-automatic weapon and make a dude step like a kappa. Quan is the cappa de tuti of tootie's tooty frooty working her parts like i'm Napa. 55 metaphors per hour without any breaks, and if you want I can go faster. SPAZZZZ....the final frontier, II can do t like Donald duck... I grab the mic and go BLAAAAAAHHH!! okay, i can't think fo anything that rhymes with that. freak it. you gotta undersrtand that Quan is an iconoclaste breaking the standards of rapping in half when I'm putting my raps on a phonograph and I don't need no photographs of your girl like Def Leppard my wife gives it to me better than your best heiffer. I'm undertaker wrestlemania level, you just trying to bury me like Paul Levesque with the shovel. way back in the 90s we woulda called you a hater, do me a favor and go get your throat force crushed like darth vader so i don't have to hear you complaining. You're not entertaining, you ought to be training instead you cry like it's raining about the next guy, with all them sneak indirect jabs, but when you see em in person you be like, oh that's my fam! that lyric wasn't about you, even though I quoted one your your songs, and referenced stuff only you've been through, and even described your moms. I used to think that was cold. Now I think it's just old. I've got more important stuff to talk about than you, truth be told. see, jugg and wax are like the poor man's Preemo and royce writing isht that should be more acclaimed than james joyce. cuz these are portraits of an artist as an emcee i used to eat competition because they were gluten free in other words they wasn't getting no bread, they be like broken guillotines, cuz they ain't getting no head. Doesn't matter the room, Jugghead is the smartest guy in it. still the speaker of the house, even if elected to senate. majority leader representing the after party that's claiming michigan though his little brother's a sparty. and I'm not saying that just to be clever. my little brother really did attend michigan state, so whatever. I'm grabbing the mic and I hold it real tight while them others be catching the Z's so I'm waking you up and I'm filling your cup with some herbal caffinated tea. this one little rap snot doubted that Jugghead was a spazzer, but when they told him Jugg was better than his favorite rapper, he said: No! It's not true! It's not possible! search your feelings buttboy, and fall in line like a domino. and all you other haters are as lame as you seem, chasing me down to ridicule me just for chasing my dreams, but really, who's the bigger fool, the fool in front or the fool following? if you feel disrespected, act like you forgot your oxygen and gag on it. I'm good at this, so I'm gon' brag on it. Confident, but never say I put swag on it, daggone it. see, J-U-double G is to rapping what Wayman Tisdale was to B-ball and Jazz I'll leave them inthe dust like I'm in the Daytona 500 with feet on the gas. bet against me and I'll break all your brackets and I really hope you were betting the farm. it's only right cuz the odds were a million to one against me ever getting this far. My raps are fresh because I got the crazy dope moves. that's why mickey, minnie, daisy, goofy and Pluto all approve.

It doesn't matter if I worship Jehovah, Yahweh or Allah, Krisna, Buddah or nobody at all - I'M AMERICAN if my parents came from overseas or south of the border, if they came here by choice or by order - I'M AMERICAN whether I stand for the flag or not - I'M AMERICAN whether I voted for your man or not - I'M AMERICAN if you got an ID from the land of the free, raise a fist and repeat after me - I'M AMERICAN V1 My grandfather served during the second world war while being called a n____ by the people he was fighting for. my uncle served during Vietnam but it still didn't stop him from speaking out on what was wrong. My brother in law fought in Desert Storm still hasn't gotten all the things they promised him when he joined. and plus, I was born here, and I live here. I'll prob'ly die here. That's why i care enugh to tell authority that my life matters and more than 1 percent of us should have life's advantages and I should have the same chances as the guy next to me, and you should recognize all of the ways that I make history but just because I'm pointing out the flaws in the system That doesn't mean I don't love the country that I live in Some avoid topics that are too real. but If I don't tell you what i think is wrong, then who will? It doesn't matter if I worship Jehovah, Yahweh or Allah, Krisna, Buddah or nobody at all - I'M AMERICAN if my parents came from overseas or south of the border, if they came here by choice or by order - I'M AMERICAN whether I stand for the flag or not - I'M AMERICAN whether I voted for your man or not - I'M AMERICAN if you got an ID from the land of the free, raise a fist and repeat after me - I'M AMERICAN V2 My country tis of thee Sweet land of liberty Never man but always second class, how they divied me I am the darker son Dark is always demonized Take the credit for the things I’ve done they’ll never see the light And I’m indigenous Red-blooded, belligerent In the way, so they cleared the plains for the corporate businessmen Syndicates, boarding schools That they forced us English in Stole children from their villages in hopes that they’d extinguish them Indian? Never knew my name Just Atlanta Braves Not Hispanic even though you say No that’s not my race I’m that dirty footnote in your hist’ry that you can’t erase Go to Europe and I think I’ll stay Yes I can complain Bloody like an anime Feds tried to exterminate Spanish raped us twenty at a time to try to germinate Pilgrims would have never made the winter but they learned our way Not extinct but we’re here to stay, you can turn the page It doesn't matter if I worship Jehovah, Yahweh or Allah, Krisna, Buddah or nobody at all - I'M AMERICAN if my parents came from overseas or south of the border, if they came here by choice or by order - I'M AMERICAN whether I stand for the flag or not - I'M AMERICAN whether I voted for your man or not - I'M AMERICAN if you got an ID from the land of the free, raise a fist and repeat after me - I'M AMERICAN V3 Hi America, lately I dont feel united We used to have a hand that fed but everybody bite it, or bit it. I'm tryna grow and get a good physician But government been trippin, with the crazy politicians. That hinders my attention, on moving expedition, positivity's decreasing greatly by the minute. Convinced that now it seems, the American dream Is an illusion, and obscene when I glare at the screen What does it mean? We sayen that we're free, it's a lie. Events like Charlottesville a prove we kissed the freedom goodbye And all society is trying to be something we're not. We used to shun upon gays until a man named Barack. In every city, every street we are cautious of cops. In fear that if we pick a pencil up, we're gonna get shot. Or gonna get dropped, or play dead, call it a flop, With Donald Trump our president, our wisdom has to be stopped It doesn't matter if I worship Jehovah, Yahweh or Allah, Krisna, Buddah or nobody at all - I'M AMERICAN if my parents came from overseas or south of the border, if they came here by choice or by order - I'M AMERICAN whether I stand for the flag or not - I'M AMERICAN whether I voted for your man or not - I'M AMERICAN if you got an ID from the land of the free, raise a fist and repeat after me - I'M AMERICAN

I be on my grind seven days a week Every month, all year, and it gets me to the brink Of a breakdown, ‘cause it seems I’m running in place. The harder I work, the more that I make, the more that they take. So every now and then I just like to have a day Where I get the stress off my mindin some type of ways. Sometimes I meditate, pray and talk it out with God Venting out the frustrations that make life so hard. Or I’m getting at the wife for some words of encouragement, A back rub, a home cooked meal for some nourishment. Do a little Foreplay, Yellowjackets, Rippingtons Or Pat Metheny on the stereo, and I’m listening. I would say watching sports is a way, But if my team ain’t winning, it could ruin my day. I do like books. I could be reading one or writing one. To me, that’s much healthier than popping tons of Vicotin. So relax, take a load off, Unwind, take time to ease your mind Just relax, So relax, take a load off, Unwind, even if it’s for a short time. Just relax, take a load off, Unwind, take time to ease your mind so relax, So relax, take a load off, Unwind, even if it’s for a short time. If you need to smoke a pound, then smoke a pound. Whatever it takes to get you to calm down. I used to be like “Just say no to weed” when I was younger, Till I learned the only side effect you really get was hunger. I’ll probably never smoke, but if you do, then I won’t fault ya, I never heard of DWI’s off marijuana. Neither have I seen Cannabis smokers get in bar fights, Or husbands high on weed beating their wives and children at night. And isn’t weed a safer painkiller than Oxycotton? My nephew made sure that he had his medical card when He played football. And if you’ve never suffered a concussion, Then your moral high horse has no basis for discussion. I’d rather see you at the crib smoking a blunt Than out in the streets wilding, and blowing ya funds On some dumb stuff. So choose the right flavor for you. Your problems ain’t going nowhere, they’ll still be waiting for you. for now, relax, take a load off, Unwind, take time to ease your mind Just relax, take a load off, Unwind, even if it’s for a short time. Just relax, take a load off, Unwind, take time to ease your mind so relax, So relax, take a load off, Unwind, and take a break from the grind. Lately my pacifier of choice is video games. You know, the old school ones the young ones think are so lame. I got the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis Emulators on my PC and all the greatest hits. See, at the end of a stressful day, it’s fun To blast away at some aliens with laser guns. Or hack dragons with a sword and some magic spells, A good way to ease stress, any man can tell. I even got my wife into the party, though. She sees me playing and she wants to rock that Mario. Whatever helps you detox from the stress Of the day to day grind of putting up with people’s mess. Remember that you need to take some time for you, And any hobby that you like to waste time will do. And on August 15th We can all take a day to cool out. You think? So relax, take a load off, Unwind, take a break from the grind. and relax, take a load off, Unwind, take a break from the grind. Just relax, take a load off, t take time to unwind and ease your mind so relax, So relax, take a load off, Unwind…if only for a short time.

I remember my first day at the University. such a new experience, it was a real first for me. imagine being one that never left the inner city now exposed to kids from all around the world. are you with me? No longer do you carry all the baggage that you had -from back in high school. experiences good and bad are now the past. -you got a clean slate and a chance to reinvent yourself and be a better person in advance. you're in a dorm instead of your home, and you got roomates, just as new to this as you, getting introduced to this new place, and y'all gon' have to learn how to coexist together try to bond and find some common ground to make the year better. and that's before you even set a foot inside a classroom. you get to choose your classes now, so find the ones that have room. buy your own books and plan out your study habits, time to show them what your made of, it's your first crack at it. Time to go Back... class is in session. it's time to go back... are you ready for your lessons? it's time to go back... everyody must learn it's time to go back... this is for your ownconcern. it's time to go back... Grab your books and yor pencils time to go back... time to stimilate your mental, time to go back to school! and everybody from the students to the teachers start the year brand new. 6 classes 5 days a week, don't forget practice. Plus homework, and yu know how that math get. I got some difficult classes but I'm convinced I'll be passin em with a passion Chick magnet. Ladies with good grades and thin fabrics I can't help it, even though I do my work, and write til I'm hurt, I still gotta confess I'm distracted English, is boring to me And since imma junior now, it's all foreign to me. But there's a reason that I wake up in the morning ya see It's cuz my right hand is where my diploma a be Ha, and this so crazy How God yet blessin me when I'm so lazy. But im gotta grind harder cuz my mom won't pay me and I'm stayin motivated, told my mind; obey me Time to go Back... class is in session. it's time to go back... are you ready for your lessons? it's time to go back... everyody must learn it's time to go back... this is for your ownconcern. it's time to go back... Grab your books and yor pencils time to go back... time to stimilate your mental, time to go back to school! and everybody from the students to the teachers start the year brand new. Hey teacher, time to earn your paycheck. kids are coming in, do you even know their names yet? Summertime break's done, hope you're prepared this is what you signed up for, you can't be scared. it's the first day of school: new class, new start, new chance to mold minds, build lives and change hearts you're the most vital profession inthe world, you knew that can't do any other job unless you're taught how to do that It's easy to get jaded. the pay aint great, and nobody has your back from the parents to the state. half of your supplies are coming out your own pocket you're trying to teach em right, and they're telling you to stop it All I can say is don't get discouraged. The future of the world depends on every child you nourish and never put a limit on your kids, kay, see? for all you know that class clown might be the next Jay Z! Time to go Back... class is in session. it's time to go back... are you ready for your lessons? it's time to go back... everyody must learn it's time to go back... this is for your ownconcern. it's time to go back... Grab your books and yor pencils time to go back... time to stimilate your mental, time to go back to school! and everybody from the students to the teachers start the year brand new.

Did I tell you that I used to work with children? not just any types of children, specifically ones that been in traumatic situations that scarred them psychologically. creating mind disorders that have stunted the growth of prodigies. I've seen kids with Reactive attachment disorder and other conditions they will carry til they're much older. damaged minds that can't grow, learn or adapt. when they act out, all you can do is pray and try to react. but... Sometimes I ask myself if I could have done more, if I could have cared more, if I could have loved more. Sometimes I ask myself if I could have changed them, if I could have helped them, if I could have saved them. sometimes I'm asking if I could have achieved more, if I could have planned more, helped them all dream more. sometimes I ask myself about their condition, they needed assistance, but did I really listen? well, I think I did my best, but was my best good enough? is it possible I failed them, and I didn't do enough? when the mind's a battlefield, there's stress in every day you fought. will I ever claim the vic'try, or have I already...? in my younger days, i'd ay that I was skizophrenic. mostly to make my listeners think I was dangerous. newsflash: many musicians like to associate themselves with menacing terminology. kids like it, and so it sells. but I really do hear voices when I write stories. my characters speak to me. so does that mean every author could be skizophrenic secretly? legally, I maintain decency. But I'm scatterbrained. forgetful at times, activity masking my pain. cuz I'm always staying busy with something, I multitask, because doing one thing is just too much to ask. I'm a jack of all trades, master of trying to be a jack of all trades. and I guess it's been working fine for me. sometimes I go hard, sometimes I might just coast, I like to boast, You know, I'm prob'bly ADD, just undiagnosed. mind wanders, easily distracted, hard to focus. for years peeps that was feeling me said it's just creativity. but could it really be that I am chemically imbalanced, and a fractured mind is really the genesis of my talents? they always say 'do one thing and do it well', but when you see me doing one thing, I'm thinking of something else. -it doesn't help that I once suffered a concussion that probably scrambled my brain, still get headaches, but I can function with no discussion. it's not I don't trust them, but I can take it, My pain is just a fraction of what happens to football players. but in the back of my mind I fear it's a matter of time before I'm no longer myself and I'm secretly terrified. but you'll never hear me tell you that on the record. I literally can't afford (to have) a doctor messing with my head, so is what I do as a consequence genius, or is it madness? I play my music when happy, through sadness and feeling manic. that background noise is a soundtrack. a distraction, and I use it. I need to hear music to do everything but make music. usually I write my lyrics in silence. ain't that ironic? when I'm down, prayer and ice cream are my tonic. originally, I wrote this song for all the children that i worked with but maybe I'm the one that needs help. am I worth it? Sometimes I ask myself if I could have done more, if I could have cared more, if I could have loved more. Sometimes I ask myself if someone should change me, if someone should help me, if someone should save me. sometimes I ask myself if I could achieve more, if I could have planned more, if I could have dreamed more. sometimes I ask myself about my condition, if I need assistance, would somebody listen? I think I'm doing my best, but is my best good enough? is it possible I'm failing, and I'm not doing enough? when the mind's a battlefield, there's stress in every day you fought. will i ever claim the vic'try, or have I already...? think this is crazy? for sane people it's scarier. think about realizing you're the biggest barrier to reaching your full potential, with no one to blame and in the end you're responsible for your fortune or pain, with no one else you can name in better position to help you. that means if you fail the one at fault is yourself, you can cry about circumstance and perception all you want. all they are is just more obstacles that CAN be overcome. it's easy to wait on god and put it all in his hands then when nothing happens say that it's his will and his plan. because that takes the pressure off of you to do for self. except James 2 and 14 said that faith without works is dead so with no mental illness to blame, there's no excuses you're still in the position you live in because you choose it. get out of your own way and your limit will be the skies. (now I just wish that I would follow my own freaking advice)

time to go shopping (hit Macys, Best Buy, Target) time to go shopping (hit Nordtroms, walmart, costco) time to go shopping (hit TJ MAxx and MArshalls) time to go shopping (hit Gamestop, JCPenny) hit the apple store nieman marcus hit pacsun samsung, nikes. hit nine west, DKNY then hit the fast food joint for some french fries. Turkey's all gone, football's over family has gone home, everyone's sober. gotta get up early cuz them lines all be long if you wait too long, the deals will all be gone made a sweet gameplan for hitting these stores based on flyers that I picked up the day be fore and I'ma leave the stores with heavy bags and some boxes. no need for help mr. store staff, cuz I got this If it's on sale, I've gotta have it. every black friday, like it's a habit we mobbing, shopping walking like we own the mall credit cards, debit cards, cash, yeah we own them all tech toys, fashin, gifts cards, we're on them all looking for them deals, doorbuster, who ya gonna call? cutting in line? don't even try it. if it's on sale, then I'm gonna buy it. Friday is the day... where we get ahead in our own way. and the shoppers come to play... when they open the doors, we all gon' say...(what?) time to go shopping (hit Macys, Best Buy, Target) time to go shopping (hit Nordtroms, walmart, costco) time to go shopping (hit TJ MAxx and MArshalls) time to go shopping (hit Gamestop, JCPenny) hit the apple store nieman marcus hit pacsun samsung, nikes. hit nine west, DKNY then hit the fast food joint for some french fries. see wifey want a new tennis bracelet for christmas and mama got a bunch of DVDs onher wish list the kids git the new video game console and I've been looking at weights so I can get on swole. they got half off them big screen TVs Microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries that's the way you do it, spend money like it's nothing but you're in dire straits if you ain't got the funding. If it's on sale, I've gotta have it. every black friday, like it's a habit we mobbing, shopping walking like we own the mall credit cards, debit cards, cash, yeah we own them all tech toys, fashin, gifts cards, we're on them all looking for them deals, doorbuster, who ya gonna call? cutting in line? don't even try it. if it's on sale, then I'm gonna buy it. Friday is the day... where we get ahead in our own way. and the shoppers come to play... when they open the doors, we all gon' say...(what?) won't stop shopping till I run out of funds, driving home with a stuffed backseat and trunk, I just did my part to stimulate the economy, keep the machine greased with everything in harmony. this is what we do the day after thanksgiving this is why you work so hard to earn a living. and don't think we're only doing this on oneday, (you got) small business saturday and cyber monday! time to go shopping (hit Macys, Best Buy, Target) time to go shopping (hit Nordtroms, walmart, costco) time to go shopping (hit TJ MAxx and MArshalls) time to go shopping (hit Gamestop, JCPenny) hit the apple store nieman marcus hit pacsun samsung, nikes. hit nine west, DKNY then hit the fast food joint for some french fries.

whatchu know about that afrobeat? that afrobeat? that afrobeat? for seven days a year, everybody can be african. Kwanzaa's the time, celbration's what's happening. All about family, community and togetherness so there's really not a good reason to disparage it. they say that our culture doesn't many traditions, there are reasons for that, but now we're trying to build one. and this is the first day, celebrating unity, finding common ground to build togetherness for you and me. nowadays our society is polariz-ed. we can't see eye-to-eye because we're so divided and every topic is us against them. we don't even try to see the side of opposite men. but we are great when divergent perspectives can come together cooperate and work as one on any one endeavor, if we can do it once, then we can do it all the time. need a helping hand? lemme offer mine. and lemme give some love to my peeples inthe east, UMOJA lemme give some love to my peoples inthe west, UMOJA lemme give some love to my peoples in the north, UMOJA lemme give some love to my peoples in the south, UMOJA lemme give some love to my people inthe hoods, UMOJA lemme give some love to my people inthe burbsm UNOJA lemme give some love to my people inthe country, UMOJA lemme give some love to my people in thr world, UMOJA